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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27

Mr. and Mrs. Odeueal leave Tor New
Orleans tonight.
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New YoRK DIAMOND, and Michigan
Plaster, for sale by GEo. 5. GREEN.
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loolL nm OTHER NOTES.

Next Tuesday ia Firemau's day.
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THE silver question-solid or plated -
Texas Siftings.
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NOTICE.!

J'HE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVING
/ declared $40, 10000 available for the purpose
OF paying School Commissioners Certificates,
will therefore pay all certificates presented at nay
Office in Jackson that may be outstanding for the
year 1881 also, all Of LIST, ID and 81 months 1882
aud w To and inciuing No. 1920 fourth month 1882
according TO original number Superntendet's GER
tifcate. 4. q. LEWIS Treasurer,
Kinds County.
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD.

TLLTNOlS CENTRAL RAILROAD.
-EORTH EoUND
IA -I.xpress-arrives $40 p. Ia.
HS leaves s35 p. 70.
IA t-Mail-arrives 1872 a. IL.
NN' leaves 1852 a. M.
SOUTH BOUgD.
81 zprgss--arTIvea A; U p. II.
leaves 30 p. La.
A., .-Nfaii-arrIves / - a. n.
leaves n a. IN.
YAZO0 BRAECH.
81. ..-Eartl-ieaves 700 a. IN.
~ i-sgutn--srrives 5 30 p. IL.
Except Sundays.y
J.. r. MOErsoMEEY, Ticket Agent
T. w. C0LEMAN, a. o.. +. 4.
J. M lasHz, Div. supL
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White Goods

of every description. Beautiful Sheer
PLAIDS at I5c. yard, well worth
25c. yard. Ask 10 see it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02

Wayne County, n. Y. is noted for its
great growth of peppermint, and this year
the crop is very large, it being estimated
by correspondent of the Graphic that it
viii Weld over 200, 600 pounds of oil. The
size of the crop is detriment to the grow
crs, because the oil is lower than it has
been for thirty years past. The usual
price is 81 a pound, but the present quota
ton is 81 80. Aside from the product in
this one country in the State of New York,
three counties in Michigan yield a small
product. The crops in these two states
comprise nearly all of the peppermint that
is grown in the world. Germany produces
some, but more is sent from this country
to Germany than is brought this way.
Nearly all that is furnished TO England, Au
stria, France and Russia is furnished by the
United States.
The harvest begins usually in the last of
August The plant is cut, like clover, with
"a cradle, ruked into cocks, when it is allow
ed to wilt little before it is taken to the
distilery The process in distillation CON
tinues until the last of October The plant
is brought from the fields in large wagons
and tightly packed in steam-tight watts.
The steam is let into the bottom of the vat,
and the oil from the plants thus volatilized.
The oily vapor and steam pass through a
condensing worm into a receiver, whore
the oil, being lighter than water, is dipped
off, and is then put up in tin cans holding
twenty pounds and taken to the refinery,
where it is refined and put into twenty one
ounce bottles, eighteen bottles to case,
labeled, and shipped to all parts of the
| civilized world.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02
How Good BELLY is Made.

The following hints, contributed by an
experienced jelly-maker to Good House
keeping are not exactly in season, but we
advise that they be cut out and kept for
use against a time Of need
First among the requisites for successful
Jelly making is the use of vessels upon
which acids, found more or less in all fruits
will have no effect Earthenware or por-
lain-lined iron kettles are preferable, and
wooden or silver spoons for skimming, etc.
The best graduated sugars, pint for pint,
always give the most satisfactory results.
Fruit intended for Jelly must not be over
ripe rather the reverse If only enough
Juice is boiled at time to fill two or three
glasses. the Jelly is more sure to be of just
the right consistency, since a larger guam
tty involves longer cooking, which makes
the Jelly tough and ropy instead of crisp
and firm. Boil and skim the juice before
adding the sugar, which should he heated
in the oven before Incorporating 1t with the
Juice White Shaker flannel makes the
best bag for straining the juice. To ascer-
tain when the Jelly is cooked sufficiently,
drop a small quantity into ice cold water
| if it sinks to the bottom at once and does
not spread it is done. To make Jelly that
/ is A No in quality only such juice as
drips through the bag without squeezing
should be used the remainder may then
| be squeezed to use for Il second class quality.
Jelly keeps best in dark, cool, dry place.
The gelatinous substance in grapes is in
its prime about one week before they are
ready to turn, and at that time they make
IA most delicious, delicately favored, amber
colored jelly, requiring only few minutes
boiling, provided the sugar is first heated.
The parings of ounces, apples and pears
when thoroughly boiled in water enough t,
cover, make an excellent Jelly The small
yellow crahapples which make jelly tina
is not wholly satisfactory either in color o
flavor, may he used 10y adding just enough
grape juice to give good flavor. Any tar
apple or natural grapes can also be used t.
make first class Jelly by using the juice o
some nice cultivated grape for fuvoring
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02
Using Lime in the Fail.

Lime is a substance that can be applied
at any season of the year but the fall is
more suitable, as it will gradually find its
way downward. 1t makes heavy soils
lighter and light soils heavier, but the pro.
cess is a chemical one, and somewhat slow.
1t is as much through the substances in the
soil attacking the lime as by the action of
the lime itself that changes occur All
soils contain lime, principally in the form
of a carbonate. But, though lime may
abound in soils as limestone, chalk, shells
or other such well known forms, vet the
carbonates being insoluble the plants will
not be benefited as quickly as by an appli-
cation of lime. When limestone carbonate
of lime) is burned the carbonic acid gas is
driven of, and lime (which is AN oxide re
mains. IL slaked with moisture it will be
come hydrate Of lime The water used by
the lime in becoming hydrate is then
component part Of the whole in crystal
line form, and though large proportion of
water may have apparently been used, yet
the lime will only unite with sufficient
amount 20 form the hydrate, which, having
united with the water, is in a dry condi-
ton. When the lime or hydrate of lime,
is applied b. the soil it seeks carbonic acid
from the air and the soil, endeavoring to
return again 10 the form of carbonate of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02

lime. It is in the attempt VI the lime 20
resume the form Of carbonate that the
soil is changed in its composition, as the
lime compels other elements to disintegrate
and break their combinations in order TO
assist it to unite with the acids, during
which not only the carbonate Of lime re.
suits, but sulphates, phosphates and other
salts II. therefore, lime be applied to
limestone soil it will prove beneficial, be
cause il possesses the power of compelling
chemical decomposition in order TO become
a carbonate. while the limestone existing in
the soil no matter how fine it may be, be
ing already united with an acid lcarbouicl
is inert and powerless Hence, in applying
lime to the soil not only is lime itself pro
vided. but with its assistance the inert mat
ter of the soil is converted into plant food.
Old sod land that has been turned under
provides excellent material for the action
of the lime, and as it is heavy and easily
carried down by the rains, every portion Of
the soil is benefited. The best mode Of ap-
plying lime is to broadcast it over the sur
face. and its effects will be more marked if
applied in small quantities about ten bush
els per acre. at frequent intervals than if
applied in large quantity at once. -Ihdd-
neIUbiU Record
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02
The Only Remedy
FOR
Contagious Blood Poison.

Mr.. d. p. Adams Union, South Car Ina,
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OF blood poison for about thirteen months.
was treated by the best ply sicians and used
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col r. II. Kicser editor and proprietor Of
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02

Few have any idea that the poultry in
terest is as large as it is American status
ties for 1882 estimate value of the different
kinds of farm produce of the United States
as follows Dairy product, 1924, 100000;
cotton, 100000, 000 hay, S406, 900, 600 {:
wheat, $4SS, 200, 000 poultry, $3.50, OOO,-
600. A product twice as large as the dairy
product of the country, and worth over
$40 600, 600 more than the wheat crop, de
serves much consideration from the farmer
as to the best breeds for profit and the best
and most economical management.-Er.
The value of the poultry product of the
United States is now usually estimated at
about 5000, 0O0,0 600 1t does not appear
upon what authority the above estimate
$500, 900, 900 is made The census of 1850
gave the number of barnyard fowls as lO2,-
912 ,135 and other poultry as %, 143,2OS ;
eggs. 456, 910,916 dozen. Estimating the
value of both poultry and eggs, the census
figures Indicate total annual product
worth about 1925, 10000 There has no
doubt been a large increase in the produc-
ton of poultry and eggs since the last cen
sus was taken but the estimate Of 5000,
600 600 value of product makes liberal
allowance for the increase
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02

How OLD SAM CANE HONE. In the city
of Coldwater Mich. there is large sorrel
horse known bv the name of Old Sam. He
is the most popular horse III town. In his
Younger DAYS he was used as AN omnibus
horse, and he and his mate, a large bay,
were so well trained that they would turn
up to the principal hotel and back the omui-
bus up to the sidewalk and let the passengers
out without being guided at all by the driv-
err One stormy night the train was late,
and while waiting mt the station for passen-
gers the driver fell asleep. Old Sam and
his companion, after standing about as long
as usual, started up town on their own &C
count, backed up at the hotel in the usual
way, and then went over TO the livery sta
BILE where they were kept When the war
broke out the citizens of Coldwater equip
ped the LoOmis Battery with some of the
finest horses that went into the army, and
among them was old Sam. He was in a
great many battles, but came out unhurt,
and at the close of the war the soldiers
bought him of the government and pre-
sented him to General LOOMS, who first
commanded the battery. On the return of
Old Sam to Coldwater some of the people
thought they would give him a reception.
So they made ready his old stall, filling the
rack with hay and the manger with oats
then they met him at the railway station
and after greeting him with three cheers
turned him loose and watched to see what
he would do. First he went to the hotel
where he used to stop for passengers, and
looked around little Then he went over
to his old home, walked into his stall, smelt
of the hay and oats and gave a loud neigh
as if to express satisfaction that everything
was right, and then began eating, as if he
had been away only a few days instead Of
years. Our Dumb animals.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02
AGRICULTURAL.

A correspondent Of the Connecticut
Farmer tells this story about "A one thousand
dollar Jersey COW
Some time about the first Of July the
Farmer copied from another paper an arti-
Gle stating that a man in our town sold
Jersey COW for $1,000, which was a mistake
that ought not to go without correcting.
The truth is no COW was sold at all. The
man had daughter married, and gave her
a Jersey heifer that good judges said was
not worth over $25, but he told his daugh-
ter he was going to give her a $lOOO COW,
and that was all there was to 1t, no COW
sold This man once bought Jersey cali
three days old of the Echo Farm herd for
which he paid 800. That proved to make
a nice COW, which took first premiums at
the fairs. and knew of his being offered
5000 for her at two years old, others said
$500. but whether that was so or not, he
finally butchered her, and that is the near
est to a thousand dollar COW of any that
was ever sold in this town have nothing
to say about the Jerseys, only that some OF
them are excellent cows. The probable
fact in the above story was that the first
compositor did not read the letter right, he
surprising it a sale
The reported sales Of fancy cattle at ex
travagantly high prices are not always so
easily explained as in this case, but it is not
difficult matter for a dealer in fancy
stock, when he wishes TO allure the lambs
and prepare them for shearing, to sell nom
inally at any price that he chooses to fix. If
he wants to sell a COW for $1,000 he can al
ways do it, b, another party interested in
booming the same strain of the breed, will
readily give him that amount for his COW,
paying him $2j in cash, and a bull calf
from BIS own herd at 1919 for the balance.
The $1,000 is then reported in the papers
with the omission of the calf part of the
transaction The agricultural lamb know,
that the sale was made to an expert in this
line of business, and is therefore surprised
when he is offered an animal out of the
same herd, equally well bred and equally
good, for only 5000 If he is ready to b'
sheared he closes the trade.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02

In 1860 there were 2,2jO.OOO working
oxen in the United States. In 1880 there
were less than half as many, or not quite
one million, though the increase of cattle
between 1860 and 1880 was pruportionally
more than the increase of population. Yer
mont had $4,000 working oxen in 1860
there are now less chan 10000. The de
crease in the number Of working oxen i'll
Vermont is about the same per cent us in
the United States Windham county has
the most working oxen of any county in
the state except Windsor. By the last cen
sus there were over 1000 i'll Windham coun
ty and nearly 1000 in Windsor.
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NOTICE.

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hands Of the treasurer a bill of taxes for 1871,
consisting ot a state tax Of II cents, "A town and
state school tax of ll3 cents, and highway tax
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Egg. Fir,y Cent. Dozen.

gentleman who keeps a few hens for profit
recently carried some fresh-laid eggs to a whole
sale dealer in Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, TeCeiy
ing therefor 43 cents per dozen The dealer said
10 him, Next week will pay yOu % cents, and
before Christmas 30 cents dozen for all You will
bring me like these
What is true of Boston is in measure true Of
every market for eggs. The next eight weeks
will be the season Of highest prices Therefore
work your hens now for all they eau do. Doubt
less, Tor want Of the proper ingredients In their
food, more than e-hult Of the hens in the COun-
try are now idle, when eggs will sell for 90 cts. per
dozen. 1t is pure folly to wonder, spend time and
do not lay. Better by far profit by the experience
Of others, and make them lay during December
and January. The following sworn statement
shows that the quickest and surest way 10 do this
and increase the egg product during these months
from to 600 per cent is by the use once daily in
the food Of Sheridan's Powder 10 make hens lay
So, WALDOBoRO, Me.
Il began Dee. q, 1886, to feed 90 hens Sheridan's
Powder according to directions and continued
the second 81, the third 1873 the fourth 1856 fifth
2d2, sixth 3D. seventh 3s9 rigth 4O9eggs.' Or l5u
dozen for the eight weeks. Yours truly,
q. \. WINCHENBACH.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 2Stll
day OF April, lNSi Gro. G.. BENSER, j. p"
l. S. Johnson q Co., - Custom House street,
Boston, Mass are the sole manufacturers of Sher
idan's Powder to make hens lay, which is sold by
nearly all druggists and general stOrekreprrs. FoI
any address two packs " the powder; five packs
for 81 Orfor Sl2O they will send Il 2l4 pound car
OF powder ana a copy Of the Farmers Poultry
Raising Guide price - cts.l, postage or expires,
prepaid. Six cans sent for 81, express prepaid 1,
any express office In the United States,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02

~ 70 " WENEFEHs " NJ " INFLOW 0UTI
lNG SYRUP should always he used when children
arc cutting teeth II relieves the little sufferer at
once; Il producers natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child from pain, aud the little cherub awakts
as bright as BUTTON II is very pleasant TO
taste. Il soothes the gums allays all pain relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and l. the htst known
remedy Tor diarrhn'H, whether arising from teeth,
ing ar ether causes. Twenty-Five cents hottie.
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UgI, mud MnIefnI.

But / couldn't help it. Everything went wrong
with me, and / thought hadn't friend In the
world. Dyspepsia caused thus, and for mouths
couldn't eat anything, and just suffered In misery
till used sulphur Bitters Three bottles cured
me. m. Lewis, ~ Bowdoin.st., Boston, Mass
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< IL MANI
ROCK Isl ANO & PACIFIC f,,l WAY WAY

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